The Case of Emmanuel Scotts

• Case Summary: Scotts pretended to four female victims that he met through an online dating agency that he was a successful stockbroker and that he could make high returns on investment opportunities, in different places including Hong Kong. He also used three aliases in his dealings with one of the victims. He is guilty of duping victims out of just over £324,000 in an investment scam.

• Charges: convicted of four counts of Fraud by False Representation at Kingston Crown Court

○ Fraud (Title 18, United States Code, Section 1341)

• Judgment Result: 12 years in jail

Sources :

1. https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/serial-romance-fraudster-scammed-over-ps324000-victims

2. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11490667/Career-fraudster-swindled-four-women-320-000-j ailed-12-years.html